Resident Evil 6 demo timed exclusive for Xbox over PS3 a ‘strategic business decision’

Exclusive comment from Capcom: "This was a strategic business decision." The RE 6 demo will hit Xbox 360 two months before PlayStation 3. Is Capcom pulling an Activision in order to embrace a larger audience?

[thedude44]

you see, why not make actual exclusive games instead of doing stupid things like this microsoft?

[Why o why]

LMAO

From exclusive games to timed exclusive games to timed dlc to timed demos....what next;)

[thedude44]

timed enjoyment ;P

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

That'll sting for 2 months...if you don't have 360 ;)

[LOGICWINS]

@Wraith- Something tells me that the people complaining about this are people who don't have 360s...and therefore have to wait two months to play the demo.

I don't know how this thread turned into a rant about how Microsoft lacks exclusives. If you owned a 360 and you were THAT angry about a lack of exclusives, then you would have bought a PS3 or invested in a gaming PC YEARS ago.

@fluffydelusions- If you have all consoles, then you have nothing to complain about. The purpose of the timed demo is

1) To create another justification to buy a 360 over a PS3 in the early summer months.

2) To give Microsoft an early edge in advertising an AAA multiplatform game.

If you think thats stupid, then you don't know much about marketing. RE5 sold more on the PS3, Microsoft wants to change that with RE6. Having a timed demo is the first step.

"Yeah, the sting of buying Dragon's Dogma will suck for 360 owners."

You just made yourself sound very bitter with that comment.

[fluffydelusions]

@LOGICWINS I have all consoles but this is just stupid...a timed demo...cmon really?

[yesmynameissumo]

@WrAiTh Sp3cTr3

Yeah, the sting of buying Dragon's Dogma will suck for 360 owners.

@LOGICWINS

I sound like a person who wouldn't pay $60 for Dragon's Dogma to play a demo 2 months early.

"The purpose of the timed demo is

1) To create another justification to buy a 360 over a PS3 in the early summer months."

Yeah, a tidal wave of consumers are going to buy a 360 over a PS3...for the RE6 demo. You need to take your act on the road, that shit was funny!

[Diver]

my not buying resident evil 6 is a strategic business details decision.

[Why o why]

Timed anticipation will be next i swear...lol

@logic, c'mon man, a demo, really, reckon they paid....was that the strategy. Many of us own both consoles so you're right we'll just grab it or whichever comes first but i think you're missin th point. Timed Demo.....how much will that cost....obviously not enough to do anything significant with but thats what this gen is turning into...bragging rights over a timed demo. You're probably right about ms wanting this re to sell more than the ps version as re was born on the ps like many of the current multiplats....Either way its funny. You also mention what may or may not be a risk for MS....Seems like we make too many excuses for them to make more and give less. Xbox is here to stay. None of the 3 are struggling so why shouldnt they take more risks...our main benefit is games NOT their bottom line but If i was a shareholder or whatever Id be mega pleased ith how ms are moving this gen

Outside_ofthe_Box

I stand corrected....add a pinch to my first comment.

[darthv72]

To be fair. It doesnt just happen in games. It happens to movies as well. Movie studios will try to do something exclusive to get people to buy their dvd or bluray.

Or a better example is the retailers that do their little exclusive this or that to try and get sales from other retailers. We have seen the different strategies that retailers use to try and get you to buy the game from them instead of the other guy.

Timed exclusives (be it games or demos) are really just a marketing ploy to entice sales like logic said. If you buy into it then it works. If you dont then no harm no foul.

@outside...I didnt disagree with him. Just saying that similar marketing ideas happen outside the gaming world too.

Also, there have been a few multiplatform games that have tried their hand at exclusive content to sway sales. It doesnt always work though.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

@why o why

It isn't even about getting a timed demo lol. You have to buy dragon's dogma in order to get the demo early. Microsoft is just trying to increase sales of dragon's dogma. So only those that REALLY want to play the demo early will get to do so and they'll have to do it at the expense of $60.

@darth72
yesmynameis is actually right. Having a timed demo isn't going to get people to buy the game on the console/ get people to buy the console itself especially if you have to buy another game to play the demo... If this was DLC it would be a different story.

[Army_of_Darkness]

It's ummm.. cheaper than a timed- exclusive game/ or DLC?!?!?
Microsoft, are you getting stingy on your 360 gamers!!?? LMAO!

[Solid_Snake37]

Is this a joke? A timed exclusive demo?

[sikbeta]

Dayum! waiting 2 months is way too long :(

[badz149]

instead of getting exclusive contents for the game for itself, they opted for an exclusive DEMO?!

you would think that they would reward buyers with something valuable, like $5 voucher towards RE6 or even exclusive DLC or going the extra mile by giving away exclusive games like what has been done on PS3 with MoH + Frontlines, DS2 + DS Extraction, Portal 2 + PC version for free and BF3 + back to Karkand DLC, but NO! an exclusive DEMO, which will be available for everybody for FREE in 2 months is their choice!

good job! /s

[yesmynameissumo]

@DK286K

The Mortal Kombat demo was tied to PS+ as a benefit of being a PS+ subscriber. There was no "Buy this game and get the demo before the other platform!" garbage. If you're going to try and use that as an example, try not omitting the facts behind it. Why no uproar? For the same reason there's no uproar when Borderlands with all the DLC is discounted to $15 or Back to the Future, Far Cry 2, Tomb Raider Underworld, etc. are free - benefits of being a PS+ subscriber. Hell, exclusive demos is one of PS+'s bullet points.

If the RE6 demo were a XBL Gold benefit, I'm not sure there would be such an outcry. There would be clear reasoning behind it, you have to be a Gold subscriber. Simply positioning the RE6 demo as a timed exclusive b/c a check was written deserves criticism.

[bakasora]

It's ok, maybe I get my PS3 copy used. Or DL it for the PC version. Now that's strategic for me.

[gman_moose]

Just want to bring up the fact that you have to buy a shitty game to play this demo, so.... no one wins.

[Hayabusa 117]

"LMAO

From exclusive games to timed exclusive games to timed dlc to timed demos....what next;)"

...Timed announcements.

[Darrius Cole]

I think a lot of people didn't read the article. There is only a two month timed-exclusive for people who buy Dragon's Dogma for 360. If you don't buy Dragon's Dogma then you get the demo at the same time on 360 and PS3.

Who the hell wants to buy Dragon's Dogma? I had never heard of it until I read this article, hence Capcom's "strategic business decision." Capcom needed a way to tie this game to Resident Evil in order to sell it.

This is not about PS3 or 360. This is all about Dragon's Dogma, and Resident Evil is not going to be enough to earn this game decent US sales on any platform.

[LOGICWINS]

Maybe because they know that multiplatform console games as a whole sell more than exclusive console games and they want to make it seem like the 360 is the console of choice for multiplatform games.

Given the popularity of the RE name and the announcement of 6 player co-op, RE6 is already GUARANTEED to sell a few million copies. It makes more sense to invest millions marketing a guaranteed sell than taking a risk on an exclusive IP that 360 owners might not be interested in.

It's a smart move. I just hope that this Microsoft alliance doesn't mean that Capcom is ditching Move support for RE games.

[thedude44]

what about the gamers? who get jack squat from these deals? they get nothing. this is a stupid move from microsoft. they could be giving exclusive games to their fans.

edit 2: so if twilight is guaranteed to sell millions then movies like the hurt locker should not be made because twilight is guaranteed to sell millions?

[LOGICWINS]

"what about the gamers? who make jack squat from these deals? they get nothing. this is a stupid move from microsoft."

They ARE looking out for gamers...the issue here is that they are only looking out for the MAJORITY of gamers. This is understandable.

If Microsoft knows that the majority of 360 gamers buy multiplatform games, then why invest millions to create new IPs(something that only the minority of 360 gamers have been asking for) that 360 owners might not like?

Majority rules.

This is the way businesses have been making decisions since..well, EVER.

Frankly, if your not happy with the 360s library of games, why not get a job and buy a PS3?

[Godchild1020]

I agree. I also hope they don't ditch move support. At least patch it in at a later date so it doesn't delay the game on PS3 or both Platforms.

I couldn't care less about waiting 2 months for the Demo, if I was only a single console owner. The PS3 is getting 5 characters that the 360 is not getting. They could get 2 of them at a later date, but that still leaves us three that they will never see. I know SFXT will not sell as well as RE6, but it will sell accordingly and do well in it's own right.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Oh, no thedude44 you aren't making sense. Didn't you know that 360 gamers have a share in Micorsoft's stock? /s

"They ARE looking at for gamers...the issue here is that they are only looking out for the MAJORITY of gamers. This is understandable."

Don't really get how having the demo first is looking out for the majority of gamers. At the end of the day multiplatform games are on both consoles. Microsoft could not invest a dime in mutiplat games and multiplats would still exist on the 360 console last time I checked...

I agree that Microsoft investing in multiplats is a smart decision on their part, but it doesn't really change anything for 360 gamers. They just get the demo earlier than they would have gotten it had Microsoft not done anything or if you look at it pessimistically they just delayed the PS3 version. Either way it isn't a huge benefit for 360 gamers as it is for Microsoft.

360 exclusives benefits all 360 gamers more than it would hurt them.

[LOGICWINS]

"so if twilight is guaranteed to sell millions then movies like the hurt locker should not be made because twilight is guaranteed to sell millions?"

????

Bad analogy. I never said that exclusives game shouldn't exist period. I'm saying that if you know that the majority of your audience will buy multiplatform games..then THATS what you should be concentrating on, assuming your using common sense.

360 owners themselves are to blame if they don't have more exclusive titles. They are the ones who WILLINGLY choose to make COD/Madden games record breakers every year. Microsoft is simply giving the majority what they want.

Thats why I have a 360 AND a PS3...I seldom have anything to complain about as a gamer.

[SephirothX21]

People think that these companies don't take the reactions of gamer's into account. They have management accountants and financial strategists who use complex technical business finance and management accounting methods to work out what business moves are optimal. These account for the expected fan reactions. Everything translates into money once it has value. Companies who are good to their fans are only being good to their fans because its beneficial. Companies who are not good to some hardcore fans at certain times are doing so because it would be more costly for them financially in the long run if they were.

[SilentNegotiator]

That reasoning is incredibly floppy as to why they would give priority demo access to one system.

RE5 sold more on the ps3 than the 360 (and rated better), so, eh.....what's the logic behind this "move" (deal) again?

It's a "strategic business decision" because it gets them more money from a certain company (Hint: It starts with an "M"). The real strategic move is by that certain company that would prefer that you buy it on THEIR platform.

[Godmars290]

What you say would make a kind of sense - if we weren't talking about a demo.

Unless they're going to delay the retail release of RE6 on the PS3 this is more about selling more copies of Dragon's Dogma on the 360. Of pointlessly dissing RE fans who are PS3-only owners. There is no reason - unless you're a shallow gamer who has to play a game's demo first - to buy a 360 for either game.

All this is some PR douche on MS's side trying to apply some kind of skewed marketing logic to gaming. Get someone who doesn't own a console who happens to be an RE fan to get the 360 version.

Nevermind that we're over five years into this console cycle and RE5 was released - there is no application of real logic in this instance.

[darthv72]

I mean considering that aside from exclusive games themselves. The multiplatform ones are generally so similar that it makes sense for each platform to try and get something on their version that the other wont have. Or wont get for some time after.

Granted this is a demo. But what about those games that arent demos? The full games that have the extra content on them that is not available to the other platform? Batman AA comes to mind. PS3 got the joker levels that would work on the 360 but still to this day have remained exclusive.

That is a perfect example of the same game on both platforms but one getting something to make it appear different than the other. Something to try and drive sales for that version. Namco tried it with SC4 with the whole vader/yoda thing but ultimately made it so both versions could play with both the characters.

Yeah this is a demo but it doesnt take away from the fact that these companies are wanting to find new ways to get people to see their platform as the one to buy the game on. It isnt like the differences between the ps3 and 360 (for multiplat games) are as noticeable as the genesis and snes versions of mortal kombat or street fighter.

[MrBeatdown]

@LOGICWINS

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"It makes more sense to invest millions marketing a guaranteed sell than taking a risk on an exclusive IP that 360 owners might not be interested in."
***

Bobby Kotick is nodding in approval. Why try something new when you can just throw more money at something that will do just fine without it?

***
"If Microsoft knows that the majority of 360 gamers buy multiplatform games, then why invest millions to create new IPs(something that only the minority of 360 gamers have been asking for) that 360 owners might not like?

Majority rules."
***

Seriously, this is your argument? Of course the majority buys multiplatform games. The vast majority of games are multiplatform. That's like McDonalds justifying its focus on the fast food business because the majority of their customers buy fast food. Obviously the bulk of game sales are going to be multiplatform games if the vast majority of the 360's library is made up of multiplatform games.

The fact is, no one game, not even Call of Duty, comes close to selling to the majority.

http://content.usatoday.com...

That's 25 million Black Ops sales across all platforms, as of August 2011. Even if they were all on 360, it's still not enough to say it was sold to the majority of 360 owners.

When it comes to individual games, an exclusive has just as much of a chance to do well as a multiplatform game does on a single platform. Hell, without the potential customers split between platforms, exclusives have the opportunity to do even better, since all multi-console owners have to buy it on 360.

Just look at Halo and Gears. Two games that sell better than the vast majority of multiplatform games on 360, and even better than a lot of multiplatform games across both systems. Two games that were at one point new IPs that weren't "GUARANTEED" to do anywhere near as well as they did, let alone define the Xbox brand for over ten years. Microsoft's never going to come across a moneymaker like Halo or Gears if it's priority is fighting little advertisement battles with Sony over the sales of one multiplatform game, that won't make a bit of difference to customers a month or two after release.

[NiKK_419]

@Logic You act like Microsoft was working to get this demo early or something when all this is is Microsoft making everyone else get it late... How does this help "the majority of gamers?"

[Kurt Russell]

The only people who seemed to peaved to what the xbox does or doesn't have, play Playstation instead... As an xboxer first I couldn't care less, I like what I got. Currently smashing orks in Spacemarine after having finished RAGE... got a few other games I want to play lined up after those (including Sonic which looks fun), so the lack of exclusives hasn't been noticed.

Stop sapping the fun out of gaming by over analysing pointless crap and then rating all games on a scale of 9-10.

[Daver]

strategic business decision for who? its a demo...

[BX81]

Sony does the samething to their fanbase. If you have PS+ you get some demos earlier than the regular PS gamers.

[colonel179]

That's completely different. You CHOOSE to be a Playstation Plus member. Also, Sony is rewarding those who pay for it.

In this case, Capcom is choosing to screw PS3 players.

[BX81]

You CHOOSE to be a PS3 only owner. I own both consoles and I preffer my 360 over my PS3. I do understand the frustration with timed exclusivity but my point was, let's not act like MS is the only one who does it.

[BlackTar187]

BX81 i'm just going to say i don't agree with your logic.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

I don't really think PS3 gamers care that the 360 is getting it earlier. PS+ is a perfect example. Regular PSN members don't really care that PS+ members get access to content first because they know that they'll eventually get it.

[GearsOfWar]

"That's completely different. You CHOOSE to be a Playstation Plus member. Also, Sony is rewarding those who pay for it."

Okay, how is this "completely different"?

Using your logic:

You CHOOSE to buy Dragon's Dogma on 360. Also, they are rewarding those who pay for it.

Sound familiar? You people are so blind. Let's all pretend that Sony doesn't do the same thing and then make fun of the Xbox 360 for doing it because we don't like that platform. /s

Over the last few years I've noticed one thing with PS3 owners. They argue without reality in mind.

@BlackTar187, of course you don't agree with his logic. You'd rather agree with colonel179 up there and act like Sony does no wrong and say that it's "completely different".

[AtomicGerbil]

@Gears

So, by your logic those who purchase Dragon's Dogma on the PS3 should get early access?

Or is that NOW different?

[moparful99]

Not the same... Being a plus member is about more then the demos... The demos are a perk of being a plus member but you also get free games, beta access, themes, avatars etc..
Microsoft is telling their audience that if you want to play the re6 demo two months early you have to go buy this crappy game at full retail price... How is that fair? There is no other benefit from buying this game at 60 bucks then the re6 demo.. As a plus subscriber I know my 40 dollars will net me a whoooooole lot more then a two month early access to 1 demo.. Please tell me how that is the same??

[GodHandDee]

I think the biggest issue here is that both console owners already have a condition to get the demo, ie buying Dragon's Dogma. Now it's buy the game and also some of you will have to wait. It's just stupid really

[metsgaming]

now i have to buy an xbox /s

Really a timed demo ?? SO WHAT !

[BillytheAlien]

Honestly when have MS give a crap about Resident Evil or anything other then a FPS.....I'm not surprized that the big explosions, lots of guns and countless amount of action would draw MS attention......RE: Mordern Zombie

I just feel like MS do this, not because they care about the game or the franchise but because it's like "If Sony had it on their system before us now we want it instead of them"....it makes them look spiteful to be honest.

Theres more RE fans on the PS3 then the Xbox 360

[TBM]

meh who cares i have both consoles and i'll be buying it on ps3 like i did RE5 so me and my friend to play co-op again.

an exclusive demo means nothing to me lol.

[WitWolfy]

I agree! Just watch a 720P running demo of the game then we'll know what to expect!

Plus I think Capcom are probably struggling with the PS3 hardware again. Freaking idiots

[dark-hollow]

"Street fighterX tekken for ps3 get five exclusive characters"
Way to go sony! Sony on a roll lately!

"Timed exclusive (demo) for the xbox"
UGH SO UNFAIR!!! M$ obviously paid them $$$.

[Godmars290]

That actually makes even less sense. More when considering the non-Sony focused characters included.

[dark-hollow]

I always said that exlusive for multiplats is just BS but why its ok if your faviorite platform is getting the lion share?

If you think any exlusive demos/dlc for any multiplats is unfair then just stick to your guns, which obviously isnt the case here.

Ms early mw3 is unfair.
SFXT exlusive non sony characters are unfair too.

[DigitalRaptor]

Difference there should be as clear as day.

3 of the exclusive characters are Sony-owned. Cannot find that unfair. The other 2 I'm sure were from a deal, but who really wants to play as Pac-man? lol!

[AtomicGerbil]

@Dark-hollow

I think you are missing the point that a lot of people are trying to make. Ok, it's a timed exclusive demo, most people couldn't care less. It's that Microsoft are spending money on Demos, money that could be better spent on Platform exclusives, multiplat feature exclusives, exclusive DLC, anything to make the actual games different from the competition.

I've always been tempted to buy a 360, but not tempted enough and timed exclusive demos are not going to convince me otherwise.

[flyingmunky]

I only hope that Mircosoft spent more than a million to make this happen. Xbox live sub fees hard at work s/. There are so many things the money could be better spent on.

[Philoctetes]

A timed exclusive demo? Really?

lol

[DigitalRaptor]

Good lord DK, ever heard of PlayStation Plus?

[Philoctetes]

It wouldn't bother me at all if it was exclusive to XBL. I can't speak for all PS3 owners, but the fact that Microsoft has to rely on stuff like this evokes feelings of pity more than anger.

[Kingscorpion1981]

Yea what a joke!

[geddesmond]

LMAO strategic business lol. Yep thats really working for yous, that announcement turned my possible purchases of Dragons Dogma, Devil May Cry and Resident Evil OP Racoon city into non existent purchases and now I'm considering buying RE6 as a used game.

Of all the shit Capcom have pulled on PS3 fans worldwide this is by far the worst and for all you people saying its just a demo relax or what ever. RE is my favorite franchise. Think of it as if it was to do with something you love.

Capcoms excuse for Xbox 360 getting exclusive Dead Rising 2 DLC "Xbox fans helped us establish the Dead Rising series with the first Dead Rising so we wanted to reward that" Yep and now this is a business strategy. What excuse next, Its all BS Capcom. Go to hell.

[Megaton]

Microsoft bought the ad rights and all that mess for RE5. They were obviously going to be doing the same thing for 6. Expect it to be demo'd at their E3 presentation.

[showtimefolks]

Its a demo guys, if you don't have a xbox360 you will still be able to play the demo before the game comes out

Its capcom the worst publisher/developer house in gaming right now, launching same game twice a year one with more character than not offering those character as dlc to those who already have the game. Having on disk dlc where you have to pay to unlock. How many different versions of dead rising do we need.

put megaman on hold to make useless sequels

messing up the sequel for lost planet a

Its not MS that i blame for this as much as its capcom's way of doing business this gen

[madjedi]

Yeah i am still waiting for a next gen onimusha or breath of fire game or a kingdom hearts game from se. Both companies are a hallow shell, compared to last gen.

Ms really paid money for a timed demo, wow even a exclusive marketplace game would have been a better option than this laughable timed demo.

Good luck getting ms to investment in 1st party ip's 360 guys, i think you will need all the help you can get.

[Jamzluminati]

Well I will go back to enjoying my TM demo. A exclusive game. You know aboot those right? Lol Riiiight.

[SheenuTheLegend]

Lets Boycott Resident Evil 6
and show them who we are

[ZippyZapper]

Funny many here say the 360 is nothing but a shooter box, then cry when the 360 gets shooters first.

Doesn't Sony also get first dibs on some demos, dlc, and games? That's what I thought.

Fact is many "here" are just pissy because they see RE as a Playstation brand.

[JokesOnYou]

Sony has had early demos, I don't remember seeing any 360 only owners jumping off a cliff over it, micro gets a demo early and n4g sony folks scream bloody murder, seriously?...over what amounts to barely a small perk for only the most hardcore RE fans. lol' no matter how long between visits to this site its still the same folks always crying about nothing.

[OmegaSlayer]

Lol at marketing division.
You piss off your supporters from 2 gen (PS1 and 2 owners) to appeal to an audience (the CoD one) that Battlefield 3 barely touched and that have prejudices about Japanese games.
Also check the sales of Dark Souls, the 360 audience doesn't give a f' about those kind of games.

[thedude44]

^ yeah i agree,

[Consoldtobots]

anyone who think's MS does these dick moves to gain a strategic business and not piss off the sony fanbase needs to get their head examined.

yes I think MS is that spiteful.

[Chevalier]

You know what's funny is people here are like, but, you get to play it 2 months earlier! 360 is awesome, but, you know what it's a demo. I have a 360, will I download this? NOPE. Why because in the mean time those 2 months will be used playing you know actual games like mass effect 3, witcher 2, max payne and maybe borderlands if we're lucky. Honestly there will be so much good games already listed coming out, I'm sure there will be ton's of good distractions. Capcom can suck it!

[Tsar4ever01]

I'm glad I held out for RE5 Gold Ed. for the ps3 And I'm
going to do the same for RE6. I rather have everything
in one package, extras, DLC on a single blueray.

Hell yeah,

[dale1]

wasn,t the last of us suppose to be the next resi,may be thats p@ssed them off.naughty dog is developing it so may be they got the cheque and the hump with sony

[MrDead]

If thats what they think 360 owners are more interested in rather then spending money elsewhere then let them.

[MidnytRain]

Seriously, exclusive advertising? What good does this even do? For *anybody*?

[yesmynameissumo]

Is it not telling that they now need timed exclusive DEMOS? I don't feel anyone who is interested in RE6 cares that the demo is on XBL first. It will still sell on the PS3.

[jetlian]

you make huey look bad anyway. 1st we have no idea how much this cost and if MS gets 1 million sells due to a demo thats 7-12 million bucks in royalties

So there is a good reason for them to do this

[DrFUD]

However, when it releases I bet it comes with extra stuff on PS3 however like Street Fighter X Tekken.

[Oldman100]

The ps3 version better have move support.

[PamPoovey]

If I was going to get it and trust me after seeing how far Capcom have ruined the franchise I'll wait for it to go in the bargain bin...I would buy it on the PS3 anyway.

It might just be me but I grew up with RE on the PS1, even then I never got RE4 untill it was on the PS2, never had a gamecube at the time, then I got RE5 on the PS3.....just a thing really, same goes for Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy which have became MP

Remember Sony Capcom....the PS1 which you made RE and RE fans on and it became a major success for the company.

[kaveti6616]

That's called brand loyalty. The same game on a different platform isn't somehow worse for being on a different platform... Saaking?

Edit: The fact that there are platform fanbases who give that much of a crap to involve themselves in the politics of the game industry is highly disturbing to me. If you like a game, play it. A timed demo is a slap in the face for you? A DEMO? Capcom doesn't care, they're in it for the money. You're supposed to be in it for the games. But you guys aren't. If you need to feel like part of a group, join the boyscouts or something. People who buy into brand loyalty are just... not deserving of any respect or credibility. They're like children bickering over Poke'mon and Yu Gi Oh, not realizing it's all the same crap.

[TheGamingArt]

When you grow off of a specific platform's fanbase, become successful because of that said platform's fanbase, you should not slap that said fanbase in the face.

[PamPoovey]

...but I'm not saying it's going to be worse on the Xbox 360, I'm just saying because RE has been on Sony consoles in the past, I would say it looks better suited on a PS3 console then a 360, hell even the controler would feel weird for old school RE fans

Brand Loyalty...are you trying to call me a PS3 fanboy, just because I said in my opinion I feel like playing a RE title on the PS is better suited for me.

Hell if Gears of War went MP, I would still get it for the 360 because it would feel better on that console then the PS3 since it started off on there.

I have to say I love how much in all your posts when commenting on someone you twist peoples words and make up crap

"A timed demo is a slap in the face for you?"

When did I say that....<sigh>

[kaveti6616]

"When did I say that....<sigh>"

I was replying to gamingart, who did say that. Not everything is about you, Pam. But, in response to your controller excuses, I'll just repost something you said.

"Remember Sony Capcom....the PS1 which you made RE and RE fans on and it became a major success for the company."

That speaks volumes. Capcom has no obligation to Sony. And it wasn't just Playstation fans who supported Resident Evil. People who like Resident Evil games are Resident Evil fans.

[Sithlord-Gamble]

"This Was A Strategic Business Decision" translates into "Microsoft paid us alot of money" ...

Way to waste your money Microsoft!

Howabout you take that money and invest it towards creating a new IP for the hardcore gamers you've abandoned!

[TheGamingArt]

More like a bitch slap to your real fans. Then again, isn't that what Capcom does?

[IRetrouk]

one thing about this though is you have to buy dragons dogma or whatever its called to get the demo

[Ryo-Hazuki]

Instead of using there money to make exclusive games they try to pick out the big multiplatform franchises and do stupid things like this. MS wants to make it seem like RE is synonymous with xbox. Just like they market that Call of duty is synonymous with Xbox. Thats where MS throws there money at. They don't care about exclusives

[KimoNoir]

Remember guys... Sad to say but business is business and they do it alot better than anyone else.

Dam its an evil way to use business psychology. Same with all those big companies like walmart and gamestop... They just know how to do business so well that you is there least of their worries. They wanna use psychology on you to make them more moolah!

[tigertron]

Timed exclusive demos that require you to buy a game to play? nice 'strategic business decision' Capcom. *Picard facepalm* -_-"

[lorianguy]

A good business decision? In the short-run.

But the long run will see fans hate you for it.

But hey! We should all be used to Capcom's Money>Customer policy by now.

[2pacalypsenow]

Why do timed exclusive demos?The game will release at the same time?

[Lulz_Boat]

AHAHAHAH

the truth is... $$$$$$$$$$$

[Morgue]

Timed demo for gold membership.

[Morgue]

I like the 2 disagrees but isn't it a fact that if you are a Gold member you get access to demos early than silver?

[GraveLord]

Funny thing is that Resident Evil 5 sold way more on PS3.

We all know that Microsoft payed them for this timed-exclusive demo. It's pathetic. How about you spend that money on more exclusives Microsoft? Or is that money only for Kinect titles?

[brodychet]

Bahaha. Timed Demos mean nothing . Microsoft, so ridiculous.

[jessupj]

And people think I'm a fanboy because I don't want microsoft's console...

[FalconR289]

That's quite lame that the only reason the demo is coming out early on the 360 because the cod fan base is slightly bigger on the 360. Well ether way I'll never get RE or MGS on and xBox it just doesn't compute.

[Der_Kommandant]

Well, i guess it's time to buy and xbox /S

[Aghashie]

what!? buying an xbox just for a resident evil game? no way. xbox have a few really good exclusive games, but i don't feel they are taking the gaming community seriously. they need to deliver more AAA exclusives to their fan base instead to be wasting money on a timed demo. :/

[mechlord]

actually, youd be buying a console for a demo, because the game comes out equally on the 2 consoles...
There was a time i would do this ONLY IF the game was Final Fantasy. Good thing i grew up

[Tanir]

Lol wut?

yaaaah cuz even if we have a 360 (which i do) im totally gonna buy dragons dogma on 360, so i could pay for useless (to me) Live Gold and then play online.........riiiiight, lmao.

[totallysane]

yeah well me not getting the demo cause it came out 2 months late, and not buying the game is my business decision, hope you enjoy it capcom! :D

[CGI-Quality]

Considering the PS3 version of RE5 sold considerably more than it's 360 counterpart, and during a time when the PS3 was still struggling a good deal, I'm not sure how this makes much sense. Then again, I'm not in their business, so I don't know all the inner workings.

[Noticeably_FAT]

What exactly do you consider "considerably more"? because there aren't any official numbers released and the only numbers that are available are VGChartz, which actually puts the Xbox 360 numbers ahead in NA. Also puts it's pretty close in overall sales.

This is a solid move and part of the reason people pay for XBL, timed demo's ect...

Doesn't PSN+ use timed exclusive demo's as a marketing ploy? Cant really complain about it when both companies are guilty.

[Soldierone]

Er so its sold more one region which makes his comment void? ...

This strategy is because MS saw Resident Evil sold more on PlayStation, they don't like that, so now they are trying to push it on their own console.

The fanbase is clearly on PlayStation, since it grew with the brand, but Capcom doesn't care. Any more moves like this and we will see that unhappy fans = bad sales.

And PS Plus getting demo's exclusive is any similar how? Its still on the console, people can still pay to get it. Yet when this happens they can't. Not only that its not like Sony is shelling out millions of dollars for timed exclusive crap instead of I dont know...making games?

[CGI-Quality]

Being 1 million ahead is not "pretty close" and the only place they are close IS in NA, where the 360 version barely leads. And despite what you think of VG Chartz's numbers, they are all there is to go on, and because of such, the PS3 version being over a million ahead WW is a big deal.

Regardless, I didn't defend either side, just that it doesn't seem to make the most sense.

[IRetrouk]

you know that you have to buy another game to get this demo first dont you? it has nothing to do with paying for gold.

[belal]

It's only a demo who cares, the game will come on ps3 and 360 at the same time...

[mcstorm]

@ Belal you know I was just about to put this. A demo is a Demo its not the full game. Just like Epic put gears beta on Bulletstorm or Halo Reach beta on ODST or even being on PS+ to get a demo before everyone else.

If you want this demo so bad but you only have a ps3 get a 360 or wait 2 months and you will get it for the PS3. At the end of the day just like every gen before if you want the best console experience out of all the consoles there is one way and one way only to get this and that is to own them all.

[sGIBMBR]

Clearly the ps3 owners of this site care because after reading the majority of the comments they're the only ones I can see complaining here! Nothing out of the ordinary though, it's all I ever see from the fanbase on this site!

[JellyJelly]

Yup! Most of them act like jealous babies.

[Chevalier]

Actually they'll be playing actual exclusive games that you can't get anywhere else. Maybe the 360's so short on exclusives now, that people are talking about 'exclusive demo's'. Whoa.....

It's funny because at one point most 360 fans were boasting about the amount of exclusives and when that dried up they started talking about the awesome 3rd party stuff we don't need exclusives. Now you guys are talking about your awesome exclusive timed DEMO's?! lol.

Also if you think only ps3 fans care and you don't then why'd you even bother making a point of going and making a post about it? If you're sick of the fanbase on this site then your on the wrong site. If you have some delusion that it's going to change, then don't, because it's still going to stay the same.

If you want to be above it, then there is only one solution, don't comment on the fanboys, because it's like saying your not going to start a fire, but, pour gas on it while looking the other way.

[IHateYouFanboys]

Can i ask why people are going off at Microsoft about this? it was a business decision by CAPCOM, not microsoft lol. Microsoft didnt pay for this, its a decision by capcom to try and get 360 players - specifically the COD crowd, of which there is a MUCH bigger install base on the 360 than the PS3 - to jump over to Resident Evil.

[Christopher]

They're going to get a ton of CoD players by forcing them to buy Dragon's Dogma in order to play the demo two months earlier...

[Knightofelemia]

I wonder if there will be another Resident Evil Xbox bundle like they did with Resident Evil 5. Timed exclusive or not too many other games to play besides a demo.

[Kingscorpion1981]

The PS3 owners shouldn't really care about this since we have a lot of exclusives coming out this year anyway :)

[lugia 4000]

Nice one MS. You spend money on demo exclusivity. No seriously, good job.

[cheetah]

Well Capcom, after consulting with my team we have decided to not buy your game.

Capcom have spat in the face of Playstation users this gen and look how it turned out for them. Same with Square, talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

[Rageanitus]

No worries MS has alot more to offer... kinect exclusives!

[CoryHG]

Enjoy you're RE6 demo. I'll be too busy enjoying twisted metal.

[_LarZen_]

We all know MS is having little exclusives, and that they compensate as much as they can with timed exclusive DLC..but now the same for a demo?

Its not even funny anymore...glad I have more then 1 system.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Money wasted on this crap could of easily been pushed towards an exculsive title for the system. Hense my xbox360 goes unused for longer. MS really need to take a step back and start thinking about there gamers now.

Surely there pockets are lined with enough money from what they have made back from the system. I want to play games What use am i gonna get from being able to play a demo abit earlier. End of the day that demo will become a full game and it will appear of 75% of this gens platforms.

I own a PC a xbox a ps3 and a wii, I get a wii(u) when it comes out and ill follow on with the next gen consoles aswell. That demo is like a ripple in a lake. Little impact and quickly forgotten. Was a time on xox i could shout out games and say thi is why i own my console.

Now i have to look at my back collection. I can look at my PS3 and shout this is why i own my PS3 This is why i own my Wii this is why i own my PC. MS is getting it all wrong atm.

[Ivan Drago IV]

the 360 is still an active console? Dont they have as many exclusives coming out this year as the PS2? No, seriously.. oh well, atleast it will give 360 owners something to look forward to this year i suppose. Back to the Twisted Metal demo.

[YodaCracker]

Yes, the best-selling console worldwide in 2011 is still "an active console".

Now Xbox 360 owners could look forward to this demo, but they may be too busy playing Mass Effect 3, Grand Theft Auto V, Final Fantasy XIII-2, The Darkness II, Metal Gear Rising, Prototype 2, Spec Ops: The Line, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Max Payne 3, Borderlands 2, Hybrid, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Fable: The Journey, XCOM, Metro: Last Light, Minecraft, Tomb Raider, Darksiders II, The Witcher II: Assassin of Kings, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, Fez, Lollipop Chainsaw, Street Fighter X Tekken, Skyrim DLC, Rainbow Six: Patriots, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Kinect Star Wars, Halo 4, Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning, UFC Undisputed 3, SSX, Syndicate, Silent Hill HD Collection, Project Draco, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Asura's Wrath, Binary Domain, Dust: An Elysian Tale, Assassin's Creed III, Call of Duty 9, BioShock: Infinite, The Amazing Spider-Man, Haunt, Madden NFL 13, Prey 2, Hitman Absolution, Far Cry 3, Dishonored, Deadlight, Ridge Racer: Unbounded, Major League Baseball 2K12, Armored Core V, Ninja Gaiden 3, Inversion, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, Devil May Cry Collection, Birds of Steel, NCAA Football 13, Dreamkiller, and South Park: The Game.

Unless all those games were cancelled for the 360 and I didn't hear.

[smashcrashbash]

That is right Capcom. Keep it up. Give me all the reasons in the world not to play RE6. You already made RE5 $hit and looks like you are cocking up the series again with Raccoon City. I really don't see the sense of this.

It is a DEMO. How is it 'strategic' to give it to 360 owners over PS3 owners. Wouldn't be better to give it to all of us so we can all decide if we want it. How does giving it to us later help your business? If it was a game i would understand more. Capcom I am a little sick of the lies okay. Just say Microsoft paid you for the demo to be exclusive just like they have done with DLC a long time ago. That's all. Putting a demo on one system over the other doesn't make sense in any way.What makes you so sure the COD crowd will like RE6? What kind of stupid assumption is that?

@ all the people saying PSN Plus is the same. We are PAYING for the privilege of getting the demo early. 360 owners didn't do $hit to get the privilege to get RE 6 demo early' Like I have been saying since SUPER Street Fighter 4 and ULTIMATE Marvel VS Capcom 3, 'Screw you Capcom!'

[Silly gameAr]

I think this is more of a "strategic business decision" to move copies of Dragon's Dogma for the 360. The whole catering to the COD crowd suggestion, I'm not sure about. Even without Sony throwing money at Activision for timed dlc, COD does almost as well on PS3 as it does on 360 (unfortunately) so following in Acti's footsteps would be pointless.

Well, I guess Capcom would have more money in their pockets for doing nothing, but pretending they're exclusive to one console.

[Raider69]

mY guess is that the XBOX 360 is ahead in development than the PS3 one!Not to mention that RE5 had a better framerate on the 360.THis can only mean that before they show a demo on the PS3 Capcom wants to polish it.

[jay2]

GET OUT OF BED MS AND MAKE YOU'RE OWN EXCLUSIVE STUFF TO MAKE DLC AND DEMOS FOR FOR GOD SAKE :@

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

How many people b!tch about this games new direction that it has taken since 4 and still complain about where this franchise has gone?

I definatley enjoyed RE4 and somewhat 5... but this franchise hasn't been the same for a long time!

RE4 spawned Dead Space... and now Dead Space is also putting it's own effect on RE...

If you ask me... both games are way too action oriented, there isn't ANY horror in the games outside of visual presentation...

I feel Survival Horror is truely dead as a genre!

Even Silent Hill just isn't the same anymore!

[ForROME]

Less expensive move than making it an exclusive but with all the sting of one with this move

[Funky Town_TX]

This is N4G. Home of the PS3 fanboys. Oh crap, I might get banned for this. I'm not a RE fan and I have both consoles so it does not matter to me. It's funny reading the double standards that exist here.

[Silly gameAr]

lol No one is fussing. More confused about the deal really. Like you said, it's a 3rd party demo, so it feels pretty petty to moan over that. I am looking forward to the whole experience though.

Oh, by the way, I have all 3. Just wanted to get that out there so I can pretend that people care.

[OMEGAZONE]

It just screams 'we're desperate'. Very disappointed in Capcom.

[parasit3]

Be above the influence- choose PC.

[yokokoroma]

Basically this means, that any PS3 player, that buys Dragons Dogma, will NOT have access to the RE:6 demo. Of course we all know what this came down to, it wasn't about getting the COD fan base, it was about the money. MS put out the money (large amount) to safeguard, what they feel is threatening, basically losing their consumers, as they have virtually no 3rd party support. They took note, that RE:6 is becoming a highly anticipated game and are trying to advantage of that.

Although I highly doubt someone will buy an Xbox360, just to play a demo of RE:6, if they really want a PS3. As long as I get the play the demo, I'm satisfied, it doesn't matter if it's two months later.

[Game13a13y]

Anything M$ touches has turned into shit, ya I'm looking at you, FF 13. That's why Kojima was smart not to ruin MGS by releasing it on 360. The franchise will immediately get hated overnight had they done it. Well, good luck, Capcom.

[SSKILLZ]

what was that Sony is preparing to buy another gaming studio
awesome more first party AAA games

[KwietStorm_BLM]

lol strategic business decision. Don't Capcom games sell more on PS3? Only thing strategic about this was whether it was a check or a direct deposit.

[younglj01]

They joking right?

[sarshelyam]

That's not going to change the platform I buy it on...the PS3!

[Hyperbomb69]

RE5 sold more on PS3.. Timed Demos dont mean squat. Quality consoles do and PS3 is one hell of a console.. ever bought RE5 gold? everything is in the disc on PS3, while xbox people just get the game and some vouchers for the DLC....

[neogeo]

How about timed color? The PS3 version has to be in black and white for the first 6 weeks then a patch to make it color....wait this is capcom that would not be a surprise

[stephmhishot]

Who cares, its a demo. MS has spent millions to try and bury the PS3 and yet, despite a year head start, positive media spin here in the US, the lower initial price point for the 360, writing checks to make previously third party PS exclusives go multi, timed demos, and literally half a billion dollars worth of advertising on a peripheral, the 360 is barely clinging to a "sales" advantage over the PS3.

Sony has barely tried with its lackluster advertising attempts (dollar wise)and seemingly passive attitude towards MS moving in on its third party exclusive territory this generation and yet MS hasn't made any sort of legitimate ground on them. If the 360 was sitting in the Wii's position, then it would've been worth it, but for now the reality is that both systems are neck and neck despite the fact that one system can't do anything right in the eyes of the media while the other can do no wrong.

[th3_d3an]

BS this timed exclusive crap needs to stop period

[Tripl3seis]

wow for a timed exclusive demo really MS wow thats all i can say.

[Tilian]

It works both ways Capcom. If you don't treat a PS3 / PC gamer like me equally, then don't expect me to reciprocate and buy your game. I'm plenty happy to give my money to devs who don't pull this shit. Strategic business blah blah blah. I don't care.

[ritsuka666]

another reason for not buy this game anymore.

[cjflora]

Awww, damn. I guess I'm going to go out and buy an Xbox so I can play the demo earlier.

[TheLastGuardian]

ROFL, does MS actually think a timed exclusive demo will help sell more consoles? They should stop wasting money on timed exclusive crap and spend it on making actual games. Xbox can have their timed exclusive demos, I'll be over here playing my PS3 exclusives.

[Raiden]

I just have TWO name to mention MARCUS FINNX and DOM. after seeing the trailer and the cover system used i would expect a DLC. Like in LOST PLANET 2.
MS do have exclusives, it just that they belong to the games for window market. IF MS were to release a tenth of these games on it's console it would be flooding the market, not all consumers can afford to buy a new game every week or even every two days and marketing them would be at a loss. Not many off you are aware of this, but RE was first created on the SEGA SATURN as so was Lara Croft (CORE), Sony then purchased the exclusive right to both titles RE2,3,4. Devil May Cry was a Sega Dreamcast (MS first CONSOLE MS OS system graphic by powervr) launch title but Sony step in paid for the title to become exclusive and the rest is history. My point is that companies have always paid for IP's the one with the bigger pockets drive off into the sunset with it. Capcom and MS have worked closly in the pass so don't think this is the last time this will happen. WE ARE ALL GAMERS, NO MATTER WHAT CONSOLE OR FORMAT WE CHOOSE. IT'S OUR CHOICE IN THE END. HAPPY GAMING. TIME FOR HALO REACH.

[cjflora]

^Wut?

[Tito08]

@ Raiden- I think you're very misinformed, Resident Evil was developed & released on the PS1 in 2006 then it was ported to Saturn way after... IDK about Tomb Raider, it released on both platforms but saw more success on the PS1, I don't think it had much to do with buying exclusivity since the PS1 was more advanced than the Saturn, when Saturn was created specifically as a 2D console, but it's 3D capabilities were great, but not to an extent that could go any further, while PS1 wasn't that great when it came to 2D games, especially fighters, 2D was the area where Saturn owned the PS1, but 3D, PS1 all the way!!!!!!!

Due to the exclusivity contract for the main RE games for the Nintendo Gamecube, Capcom wanted to work on a Spin-off Resident Evil game for the PS2 because of how successful the franchise became on the PS1, in which played way too different from the rest & featured a dude with white hair, & made it its own franchise known as Devil May Cry, & it was never intended to be developed on the Dreamcast & never saw release on it, it was very much intended to be a PS2 game from the ground-up..... Last but not least, Microsoft didn't have much to do with the development of the Dreamcast, if you saw the name "Microsoft" on it, it was for the Dreamcast's network adaptor, which MS created, not the console... It's still the Xbox 1 MS's first console!!!!!!!!

You're VERY MISINFORMED, you don't know what you're talking about!!!!!!

[bobrea]

That's a nice way of saying "Microsoft paid us to put it out on 360 first."

[SaffronCurse]

No worries, i'll download the demo on my xbox and buy the game for my ps3.

[horndog]

You girls should have got an Xbox to begin with. I can't wait to be one of the first to play the demo.

[tonywood]

The Last of Us will get most of the game time anyway...

[NYC_Gamer]

wow,more of this timed exclusive demo crap.

[TheLastGuardian]

Capcom wants to be just like Activision. They're like Activision's little brother or something.

[plmkoh]

Time after time this generation Capcom have produced games as either an exclusive or with exclusive features for the Xbox and yet every single time the same game if ported to the PS3, the PS3 has outsold the Xbox version.

It made perfect sense in the early days "to embrace a larger audience", but by this late into the generation everyone has made their mind up, you'll end up looking stupid rather than making new fans.

[Raiden]

I look at the xbox as a first person shooter console first then a driving second and adventure and RPG last, Most people like the console because it was the choice format for FPS's most PC gamers joined the xbox platform because of this. what is highest sold game year in and out, FPS. But the point is in the end we need varity, Gamers from the console market have always had this, MS needs to have a game in the limelight that says we are more than just a FPS platform.

[ZippyZapper]

Will there be this much fuss next time the PS3 gets a demo first?

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[Raiden]

No they won't because the next title that arrives might be Sony exclusive which no one will say anything about until we see the sales figures, then the comments will start.

[mechlord]

people, please enlighten me here.

Ive read some comments hoping to make sense of this nonsense, but as usual discussion derailed into other subjects and name calling - the basic stuff.

Maybe i have a frail mind, but i really cannot see how is it, that timing a demo can be called a strategic business decision.....Its a freaking demo!! i mean, its A DEMO! Am i missing something?

[enigmaticheretic]

This whole industry is all about money. This strategic business decision is BS it was a money decision

[PixL]

I think this generation has really lost something. Now, let's replace games with other goods, like shoes for example. You go to a shop and want to buy a new pair. You see "Resident Evil" shoes among others. You want to try them on but the shop assistant says "No sir, you can't. You have to wait 2 months". How stupid that sounds? How incredibly stupid.

Now, Microsoft, I wish you could hear me. What you're doing isn't convincing me to buy X360. Quite the opposite, you're a bunch of idiots and I stopped buying any of your products (and I bought aplenty).

[danthebios]

Its a pity Xbox owners get to only brag about a "time exclusive".im laughing so hard now ;D

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

You know there are a million different things that would have been a better use of the money MS probably paid for the time exclusive demo. Like perhaps...I dunno maybe, the game could have been timed exclusive, or maybe exclusive dlc. etc etc.

[asmith2306]

This will NOT boost sales numbers on 360 by a great margin because nobody who bought Resi 5 on PS3 will be buying it for 360 unless there is exclusive content which this is not. Timed demos, I can't help but laugh.

[m2stech]

So what's next? Timed exclusive patches so one console gets bugs fixed faster than the other one?

[AllroundGamer]

the game will be probably even worse than RE5 was, so why should people care really... but nice to see MS got one exclusive "something" for a looong time :)

[Ness-Psi]

these timed demos are ridiculous the whole point of a demo is to get people interested in your game and by limiting it to just one console doesn't seem like a good business decision, as you want to get the most exposure and that would be all consoles and PC?
I know it will come to the other platforms eventually and i know they want to promote dragons dogma but it seems a bit stupid being their next big release.

[phntom]

I own a PS3 and obviously I'm pissed, what the fuck Crapcom? 2 MONTHS FOR A DEMO?!

This is totally ridiculous.

[kingme71]

This game releases at the end of November. Why is a demo coming out July 3rd? That's almost 5 months before the release. Is this more of a Beta release? When was the last time someone was so psyched about RE that a timed demo made any difference?

[WitWolfy]

NAH! I dont have time for Demos. Lets see what the reviewers say though...

[Raiden]

I just have TWO name to mention MARCUS FINNX and DOM. after seeing the trailer and the cover system used i would expect a DLC. Like in LOST PLANET 2.

[XboxInnovation]

I'm a PS3 owner and I don't care one bit, in fact I never had any intentions to play the demo. I only play demo's of games I'm going to play online for an extensive period of time. Resident Evil 6 will be a game I play through two maybe three times at most and probably never online. I don't want to ruin my hype for it with a 5 minute demo.

[gtxgamer2]

meanwhile ps3 owners will enjoy the exclusives

[gigreen]

It's official, Japanese companies have completely lost touch with the market.

[OllieBoy]

I made a "strategic business decision" as well. I won't buy another Capcom game unless it's cheap and used. There are a ton of great games coming out this year and I don't need these games day 1.

[Nodoze]

Nice move Crapcom!! You guys are rocking this generation...err wait.

[corroios]

Lol. Next, Microsoft buy an exclusive trailer of a future game. Give games and not crappy demo exclusives. Lol.

[pyramid]

Well,i go for the xbox 360 version as the resident evil 5 on 360 was a lot better framerate wise.

[Jason143]

Capcom is up to some wierd stuff. Moving monster hunter tri g and 4 to 3ds has me baffled still. I think there is money involved with them now. who can blame right

[alb1899]

If this news cause all this comments then Microsoft marketing is functioning very well!!

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Timed Demo huh lol sounds like MS always 1st re-define the word "Exclusive"....*rubs head*

[FunkMacNasty]

So why are there no Xboxers in this comments section saying "Sweet! cant wait to play this demo!"?? ...Because none of them really care. It s a fu@king DEMO!

The only comments I see are people complaining! Obviously no one who owns an XBOX is gonna complain, so clearly this comments threat illustrates, YET AGAIN, how immature and biased this websites userbase is. How many comments here instantly attack the 360's lack of exclusive? Does that Have anything to do with this? How many comments are saying things like "i dont care, because I have playstation plus and I get other games early/for free." those are Comments made out of bitterness by people who only own one console, can't play the demo early, and in general are just cock-riding a major corporation because they think it makes them look like serious gamers. Look at the few users here who made sensible comments, and then look at how 10 people agree and 130 disagree.

This website is a JOKE. Have fun with your ONE console, you closed minded, snotty-nosed, whiny little tools.

/end rant

[BabyTownFrolics]

wow n4g is by far the worst gaming community on the entire internet. I hope you all get VD.

[CrimsonEngage]

People forget. Multiplat games are ALWAYS better on the 360. This is a fact. Wake up.

[STARS]

Really? Last I checked Resident Evil 5 sold more on Play Station 3. Guess "always" isn't a "fact" in this scenario, but then again, immature fanboys only see what they want to see and proclaim it the absolute truth.

[impulse135]

i dont even play demos i just buy the game...but yeah ur funny if u think im buying a 360 for a demo for a game that i already know im gonna buy.thats just ridiculous though a 2 month wait to play a demo REALLLYYYYYYY

[listenkids]

Wow, strategic geniuses.